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The Rose in Darkness
- Warhammer 40,000
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
An Adepta Sororitas Audiobook
Sister Superior Augusta of the Order of the Bloody Rose and her squad find themselves battling a Genestealer Cult with its claws under the planet’s skin – and racing to prevent the arrival of a Tyranid Hive Fleet.
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Sister Augusta of the Order of the Bloody Rose returns in a new Adepta Sororitas novel and must fight to prevent one of the Emperor’s own favoured worlds from becoming prey for the Tyranids.
THE STORY
Opal is a gleaming shrine world of saints and soldiers, beloved of the Emperor Himself. Sent to retrieve the skull of the revered Saint Veres, Sister Superior Augusta of the Order of the Bloody Rose and her squad find themselves in the midst of the capital’s holiest festival, a time of reverence and celebration. But all is not well – despite what its planetary leaders would have Augusta believe, political danger bubbles under the surface, and rebel attacks gnaw away at the city’s outskirts. The greatest threat, however, is yet to come.
As it becomes horrifyingly apparent that a Genestealer Cult has its claws under the planet’s skin, the Sisters realise that can mean only one thing: a hive fleet is on its way to Opal, bringing with it the planet’s doom.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-12-23
An outstanding performance by Helen McAlpine.
Excellent story with well realised characters. Helen McAlpine really carries it. She makes a good story into something exceptional.
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- sinisterleft
- 18-09-23
Who needs female space Marines
Takes a while to get going but the characters are interesting and the story is worth listening to.
Overall I enjoyed this one.
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- Matt Edmonds
- 12-04-24
Not for everyone, but is a unique place in 40k
Some of the characters are a little less defined than other 40k series, and the singing in the audiobook might put off others, but the faith based sisterhood of combat and closeness has a special place for me and is well portrayed here.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-03-24
how it was really good
I like it was a good story with fun bit in it good good good ever good
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- Anonymous User
- 30-04-24
A thrilling tale with an epic finale
The execution was outstanding. The chanting of the litanies, the fury in the sisters voices, the madness in the heretics. A truly enjoyable experience
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- Anonymous User
- 01-06-24
Weak end to good story
Pretty good story of which only gets let down by the very end.
will be good to see more stories in this series
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- Mikael Hellberg
- 12-10-23
A must for any Sororitas fan or curious.
An absolutely amazing book with several unexpected turns. I went in with a open mind as it was my first Sororitas book and it delivered.
Performance was spot on.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-01-24
flawless
I can not fault this in anyway, I enjoyed every part. the narration was superb and spot on. the story amazing and truly how I imagine the sisters of battle to be
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-02-24
Excellent
I really enjoyed this book, the narrator does a wonderful job of capturing the emotions of the characters.
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- Connor Sheppard
- 18-12-23
Brilliantly Narrated, Fairly Well Written
Having followed the main character and her squad in previous stories, it was enjoyable to see them at action again. Perhaps stereotypically Saroritas whose character development was mostly seen too in previous novels, Augusta is still a compelling lead worth reading about none-the-less.
The rest of her squad continue to keep a uniqueness to their characters established prior, but there is less of a focus on them as individuals this time around (though they each do get a time to shine).
However, the new characters introduced are interesting in their own right, even if, indeed, their importance's are cut short. In some cases it feels as if a character is built up, only for their story to not really go anywhere.
There are a number of plot twists, some predictable, some not, and you feel yourself playing catchup along side the main character, who is likewise trying to make sense of everything. I got lost once or twice. At a certain point characters or narration repeat themselves too often for my liking as well. The story it self decent enough and worth the time invested to listen to it, and overall gives a really interesting perspective into what a genestealer cult is actually like. It is classically grimdark, with a somewhat fatalistic undertone, but at least its not stereotypically good guys beat the bad guys.
Halen McAlpine did a brilliant job with her voice acting and she really carries a lot of the book.
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